In the presence of senior American officials at a dinner at Canberra’s Old Parliament House, Brendan Nelson warned the Australia-US relationship would suffer if Australia did not stay until the end with its allies in Iraq.

Well and truly made to look superfluous and rather sycophantic by this, wouldn’t you say? I also have to comment on the fact that Armitage claims military in Iraq are doing the work of some peerage identity. When was John Howard appointed emperor?